Silicon Valley Aquarium Society Meeting This Saturday, October 7th - MEGAAUCTION

It's October! MegaAuction Time!!!

We will have our annual MegaAuction this Saturday October 7th. There
will be no speaker and we'll be auctioning all night. This event has
become the highlight of many members' year. It's been standing room
only for the last few years. Bring some stuff to auction and some
money to buy those treasures you'll find. This is our biggest fund
raiser of the year and pays for all our great speakers. It's also a
great way to sell some of your excess equipment and fish.

We meet at the Round Table Pizza at Moorpark and Saratoga near Highway
280 in San Jose. Check-In starts at 5pm. Auction starts at 7pm.

A few tips to make things fun and go smoothly:

* Come early if you want a seat.

* Come early to check in your auction items. We'll be there at 5pm -
two hours before the auction starts.

* If you arrive late your items may not be accepted into the auction
until the break or possibly not at all if we don't have time.

* If you plan to sell a large tank or fish that require special care,
please send an email to our email group, SiliconValleyAquariumSociety
at yahoogroups dot com describing your item. You will generate more
interest in your item and people will be able to prepare in advance
for your unusual fish.

* Fill out an auction form before you arrive at the check-in table.
Forms are available at our regular website: svas.info.

* Properly and safely double-bag your fish and other livestock. We
will have bags available for sale for those who need to rebag their
fish before they are accepted for auction. Very large fish can be
brought in appropriate buckets or tanks if necessary.

* Read the article posted on the svas.info website about how to
properly bag and label your auction fish.

* Use a Sharpie Pen to mark your bags, use sticky labels, or put paper
labels between the two bags. Do not use heavy packing tape to affix
labels to your bags. We had a disaster when this happened one year and
almost all those bags sprang leaks.

* Anyone (including non-members) may donate anything fish related to
the club for the auction.

* Only members may place items in the auction for split profit with
the club.

* You must be a member in good standing to run a tab.

* Anyone (including non-members) may pay cash for each transaction.

* Consider helping out that night. We can use runners and runner's
helpers, check-in assistants, membership table help, and lots of other
little things.

* If you can help earlier in the day picking up donations from stores
or running other errands, please contact the board at SVAS_Board at
yahoogroups dot com. We can sure use the help.

* We'll have something fun for our grand raffle prize, but it's a
surprise!

* Please pay for all your purchases before you leave that night.

* There is no Bowl Show on MegaAuction Night.

* Most of all, have a good time.

I'll see you there, Saturday Oct. 7th!!

-Helen Holzgrafe
Secretary, Silicon Valley Aquarium Society